10 Best WWE Feuds of The Attitude Era

#2 The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin

The two giants of the era

Where would we be without these two men today? I honestly don't want to think about it.

The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin revolutionized the WWE and brought it to the top of the sports entertainment world. The feud between them was just simply incredible and I don't know if we will ever have two stars of that magnitude at the same time in wrestling ever again.

Rock and Austin began their long standing feud in November 1997 as The Rock set his eyes on Austin's WWE Intercontinental Championship, and stole it after a Nation of Domination beat down on Austin. Rock stole Austin's title and kept it for 3 weeks, until In Your House: D-Generation X, when he defeated him and took it back. Austin would then forfeit the IC title to The Rock, but then tossed it into the Piscataqua River.

Austin and The Rock would reopen their feud one year later, this time over the WWE Championship, held by The Rock. In one of RAW's greatest moments, Austin would help Mankind defeat The Rock for the WWE Championship in January 1999, after nailing him with a chair. The Rock would gain revenge at the Royal Rumble when he and Austin had a scuffle, causing Vince McMahon to eliminate him to win the Rumble match.

Austin and Rock would have several classic segments in the weeks leading up to WrestleMania 15, including The Rock throwing Austin off a bridge and into a river and holding a funeral for him, as well as Austin driving a beer truck to the ring and spraying Rock, Vince and Shane McMahon with beer. Austin would defeat The Rock for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.

Austin would then defeat Rocky in a rematch at Backlash, which was even more well-received than their Mania clash. As Rock turned face once again, they wouldn't feud again until 2001, when Austin won the Royal Rumble and Rock won the WWE Championship. Austin and Rock had more great moments leading to their incredible Championship match at WrestleMania X-7, won by Austin after he turned heel.

Austin would also defeat Rock the following night on RAW in a Cage match, writing him off TV. Rock and Austin briefly reopened their feud in November, including Austin defeating Rock to retain the title at Rebellion, a classic sing-a-long segment between them on the Survivor Series go-home RAW and Rock leading Team WWF to victory over Austin's Team Alliance.

Post-Attitude Era, they feuded once more in 2003, with The Rock defeating Stone Cold at WrestleMania XIX in what would be Austin's last ever match.